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it's only an issue if I'm sitting for too long. My wallet is relatively small.

Let's hear it!

Awful, awful trade from a talent perspective by the Braves

Oh hey, I remember this thread!

Mario Chalmers Wade LeBron Bosh Joel Anthony Mike Miller Udonis Haslem Zydrunas Ilgauskus Juwan Howard that's a start.

Well, going by the Kobe Scale of Achievement, if you are consistent 6 out of 24 times, that's an MVP caliber performance.

Does this, in your mind, tarnish Wade's legacy as a "The Man"? He actively recruited both Bosh and LeBron to join him, isn't that just as bad?

Well now I just feel bad. (Note: Yes I do realize my MLB team is basically a joke, my NFL team hasn't been to a Super Bowl since 4 years before I was born, and my NHL team might just be the worst franchise in professional sports.)

At least you've still got the Mets!

Is Pat Riley Lex Luthor?

So let's play out a hypothetical based on what people are saying: Wade and LeBron continue on their respective career paths as far as points and stats and everything. LeBron is clearly a better player than Dwyane Wade and is going to put up a far more prolific career. Let's say they win 3 titles together over an 8 year period. Wade's got 4, LeBron's got three, but LeBron only won his because of Wade, right? So is Wade a tier higher because he happened to play with better teammates earlier in his career and then decided to stay in Miami and play with LeBron? If both Wade and LeBron had

Which is, of course, total fucking bunk. Those players were great players, and would have been no matter what. Would they have won as many rings if they didn't play with their respective superstars? Of course not, but their respective superstars wouldn't have won as many rings without them.

Isiah never played with a single player that was as good as Pippen, McHale, or the rest of them, but those Championship teams were very deep and versatile. They had an answer for everyone, and could throw out a bunch of different styles at you. That was a team in the truest sense of the word. They traded their highest scorer in 88-89 and got better.

Is it any wonder most of the capital G Great athletes can't seem to keep their shit together off the playing field?

You're talking about last year when the Lakers won the Championship with a $90 mil payroll that will, in all likelihood, dwarf what the Heat's payroll will be next year, right?

Matt, I know you aren't really killing LeBron for this, so this is more of a general post than specifically directed towards you: Well, most of those alpha dog greatest players ever are crazy. Most of them have behavior on (and, oftentimes, off the court) that would be considered socially reprehensible if it wasn't for the fact that they apply it to something that doesn't matter. Most of them are gigantic jerks who have no sense of what is real in their lives. It's a little bit funny how in sports we celebrate actions that we would be outraged with if the guy in our office did that. If Mi

I liked Isiah Thomas' take on this idea of being the Alpha Dog: (Say what you want about Isiah the Coach, or GM or man, but the guy had an idea of what it took to win as a player. Bill Simmons' Book of Basketball has a great section about Isiah and "The Secret" to winning.)

Drip drip drip.

Haters gonna hate. Lovers gonna love. I don't even want none of the above.

I like that everyone conveniently forgets that when Kobe was "The man" on his team, they stunk and he demanded a trade on like three different occasions. After forcing Shaq out of town so he could be the man.

Le Batard's twitter

http://reranch.com/reranch/viewtopic.php?t=37498 I'm already plotting a plan to get in trouble with my wife!

That sounds so painful...

I totally heart Dan LeBatard. His radio show is the absolute best.

And you know what? It garnered a 7.3 rating. Higher than any game during the one NBA Finals LeBron played in. Everyone hated it, but everyone watched it.